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You ever walked through some of the hoods in South and West Chicago? They've got big guns down there. And they let off every single day. And the Police aren't coming to save you because they're scared their damn selves.
Imagine growing up in that environment and that's all you see everyday. Imagine seeing someone get shot at point blank and having to go to school the next day. Imagine being threatened by the gangs that you resisted and then getting harassed by the people who are supposed to be protecting you (Police).
There's so many issues in some of our cities that its amazing that as many kids do survive their upbringing.
Imagine growing up in that environment and that's all you see everyday. Imagine seeing someone get shot at point blank and having to go to school the next day. Imagine being threatened by the gangs that you resisted and then getting harassed by the people who are supposed to be protecting you (Police).
There's so many issues in some of our cities that its amazing that as many kids do survive their upbringing.
Now that we know that the DEA is working with the largest Cartel in Mexico, I think that'd be a great place to start.
Many "defense" budgets need to be cut.
(And I believe your a Conservative? I'm for welfare reform. Give more benefits to those working, less for those who aren't.)
Defense needs cut no doubt but I was speaking more on the education bureaucracies. Get rid of a good portion of the overhead costs. The problem with just giving education more money, too much of it will go to overhead as opposed to where it's needed.
It is refreshing to see someone not afraid to talk of the true root causes, which are often self-inflicted wounds.
The only reason you call this column "excellent" is because it supports your hard right-wing ideology. And since when does it take courage to blame poor people for their own problems? That's been the standard conservative line forever...
It's a start. I've seen kids who had absolutely ZERO parent support who were successful do to some of the programs they were exposed to. Their parents were drug addicts or dealers. After school programs, athletics, mentors, etc. all helped them to make it through the system and graduate.
How many inner city schools don't have basic things like athletics?? Sports are a great outlet for kids.
You are not addressing the problem though.
Until you address the problem it will get worse.
The success rate vs the failure rate needs to be looked at.
Yes, I understand that even if it helps one student that is good. But what about the other 300 ?
The problem is NOT in the school so start looking outside the school.
12 year olds with guns.
14 year olds roaming the neighborhoods at 3am.
drug dealing right out in the open on street corners.
Look at the local police reports for some of these areas and a good number of arrests are for domestic violence among family members.
Kids growing up in these conditions view them as the norm because they have never experienced anything else.
Defense needs cut no doubt but I was speaking more on the education bureaucracies. Get rid of a good portion of the overhead costs. The problem with just giving education more money, too much of it will go to overhead as opposed to where it's needed.
Agreed.
I'm realizing more and more we need massive recalls in some of our bureaucracies. We need people who truly care about what they're doing.
Good column. Government is too focused out evening the results rather than addressing the causes. It makes them look like they're doing something when it's really just window dressing.
Government isnt focused on fixing anything. Government has a need to continue to raise the cost of things in order to make the debt managable..
I'm realizing more and more we need massive recalls in some of our bureaucracies. We need people who truly care about what they're doing.
60 years after Eisenhower warned Americans is probably too late.
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